THE biggest restriction to the completion of the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal is Norwood Tunnel, that collapsed due to mining subsidence in 1907, ending passage from the Trent to Chesterfield.
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THOUGH this week's closure number five at Selby where a swing bridge over the Ouse failed, was attended to very quickly, however closure number six will take much longer.
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A MAN let go of the wheelchair in which his wife was sitting, and not having been first braked, it rolled and landed in the Llangollen Canal near the town.
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WATERWAY closure number five this week that was on the Ouse at Selby, was very quickly attended to.
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THE Waterways Recovery Group (WRG) is short of work and is now looking for waterway restoration projects that would benefit from a Canal Camp next year.
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The word 'towpath' took on a very different meaning recently when a car stranded on the Mon & Brec towpath had to be towed-off.
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THE Avon at Bath has claimed another victim—Michael David Barnes, that an inquest revealed drowned in the river during June.
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THE Slough Canal Festival, organised by Slough Borough Council, will take place at Bloom Park again this year.
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THIS really is getting ridiculous—Monday morning and already four waterway closures this week—the system really is falling apart.
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THOUGH Anderton Boat Lift linking the Trent & Mersey Canal with the Weaver was out of order again yesterday (Sunday) it has been quickly repaired.
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